ROUND THE ISLAND RACE 2016

Описание: Out photographing round the island race 2016. Bit of a rough one in places this year.
Here is a bit of history on the race. There is a link to the website at the bottom if you want to read more on it.

1930s-1940s
The original idea for the Island Sailing Club's (ISC) Round the Island Race came from member Major Cyril Windeler. In 1930 he suggested a handicap race around the Isle of Wight which could cater for smaller boats - those in the category 5 to 25 tons. He may, at that time, have been enjoying a quiet joke at the expense of the Royal Yacht Squadron, who had stated that their members must own a yacht of minimum 30 tons!

The first race took place in 1931 with 25 entries and it was indeed one of the smaller boats which won.

1950s-1980s
From that time, entry numbers steadily increased, from 105 in 1950, to 1,309 in the mid 1980s. A superb turnout of 1,813 was seen in 1989, the Centenary of the Island Sailing Club but even that was exceeded in 2008 with a record 1,875 entries.
During his term as Prime Minister, The Rt. Honourable Sir Edward Heath KG, MBE, MP was a keen supporter of sailing. He won the Round the Island Race four times; three of them in consecutive years in the early 1970s on "Morning Cloud II" and "Morning Cloud III". In 1980 he took the top trophy once more in "Morning Cloud IV". The Gold Roman Bowl has only been won twice by women - Mrs Tobin on "Barbar" in 1954 and Julia Dane on "Glass Onion" in 1982

21st Century
Today, the results are processed by Next Generation Results who can ensure that hand-written finishing records reach the results room, still known as "The Bunker" despite Cowes Combined Clubs' excellent new facilities, within a matter of minutes. Competitors and spectators alike can see fast on-screen results flashed up on Event TV sites in Cowes or pick them up from around the world via the dedicated website. 2008 saw a march forward in technology when declarations could be made by mobile phone text messaging, sending the floating "dec barge" system into retirement.

This was followed by the introduction of GPS tracking in 2010 and the launch of the race's own dedicated broadcast TV channel, RTI-TV in 2015, allowing friends, family and sailing fans around the world to follow the race online. During this period, social media also became a popular communication platform amongst the younger generation, providing a quick and easy way to increase communication throughout the large Round the Island Race community.

For the full history

http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/...

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